US6433138B1 - Therapeutic and diagnostic methods and compositions based on jagged/notch proteins and nucleic acids - Google Patents

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US6433138B1
US6433138B1 US09/199,865 US19986598A US6433138B1 US 6433138 B1 US6433138 B1 US 6433138B1 US 19986598 A US19986598 A US 19986598A US 6433138 B1 US6433138 B1 US 6433138B1
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  • the present invention relates to therapeutic and diagnostic methods and compositions based on Jagged/Notch proteins and nucleic acids, and on the role of their signaling pathway in endothelial cell migration and/or differentiation.
  • events that perturb this complex equilibrium are relevant to the pathophysiology of human disease states in which cellular components of the vascular tree are active participants including, e.g., atherogenesis, coronary insufficiency, hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis, solid tumor growth and metastasis, and wound repair.
  • endothelial cell function is also fundamental to the physiology and integration of these multicellular systems. This includes the ability to monitor and interface with repair systems that employ the tightly regulated inflammatory, angiogenic and neurotropic responses. Indeed, chemical signals that are responsible for the modification of these responses have been well characterized as polypeptide growth factors and cytokines; however, their mechanisms of operation have, prior to the present invention, been poorly understood, impeding their acceptance as valuable tools in clinical management.
  • differential cDNA cloning methods including e.g., conventional subtractive hybridization (Hla and Maciag, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 167:637-643 (1990a)), differential polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-oriented hybridization (Hla and Maciag, J. Biol. Chem. 265:9308-9313 (1990b)), and more recently, a modification of the differential display (Zimrin et al., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 213:630-638 (1995)) were used to identify genes induced during the process of human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) differentiation in vitro.
  • HUVEC human umbilical vein endothelial cell
  • HUVEC populations are able to generate capillary-like, lumen-containing structures when introduced into a growth-limited environment in vitro (Maciag et al., J. Cell Biol. 94:511-520 (1982)). These studies permitted the identification and characterization of protein components of the extracellular matrix as inducers of this differentiation process, while at the same time defining the capillary-like structures as non-terminally differentiated (Maciag, 1984). Additional experiments have elucidated the importance of polypeptide cytokines, such as IL-1 (Maier et al., J. Biol. Chem. 265:10805-10808 (1990a)), and IFN ⁇ (Friesel et al., J.
  • the human umbilical vein endothelial cell has proven to be an effective model for studying the signal pathways utilized by FGF-1 to initiate HUVEC migration and growth the role of IL-1 ⁇ as an intracellular inhibitor of FGF-1 function and modifier of HUVEC senescence, and the interplay between the FGF and the IL-1 gene families as key effectors of HUVEC differentiation in vitro.
  • Such insight has enabled the present inventors to use modern molecular methods to identify a key regulatory ligand-receptor signaling system, which is able to both induce capillary endothelial cell migration and repress large vessel endothelial cell migration.
  • Notch proteins comprise a family of closely-related transmembrane receptors initially identified in embryologic studies in Drosophila (Fortini and Artavanis-Tsakonas, Cell 75:1245-1247 (1993)).
  • the genes encoding the Notch receptor show a high degree of structural conservation, and contain multiple EGF repeats in their extracellular domains (Coffman et al., Science 249:1438-1441 (1990); Ellisen et al., Cell 66:649-661 (1991); Weinmaster et al., Development 113:199-205 (1991); Weinmaster et al,. Development 116:931-941 (1992); Franco del Amo et al., Development 115:737-744 (1992); Reaume et al., Dev. Biol. 154:377-387 (1992); Lardelli and Lendahi, Mech. Dev.
  • Notch 1 contains six ankyrin/Cdc10 repeats positioned between two nuclear localization sequences (NLS) (Artavanis-Tsakonas et al., Science 268:225-232 (1995)). This motif is found in many functionally diverse proteins (see e.g., Bork, Proteins 17:363-374 (1993)), including members of the rel/NF-kB family (Blanrk et al., TBS 17:135-140 (1992)), and is thought to be responsible for protein-protein interactions.
  • NLS nuclear localization sequences
  • Notch has been shown to interact with a novel ubiquitously distributed cytoplasmic protein deltex through its ankyrin repeats, a domain shown by deletion analysis to be necessary for activity (Matsuno et al., Development 121:2633-2644 (1995)).
  • Carboxy terminal to this region is a polyglutamine-rich domain (OPA) and a pro-glu-ser-thr (PEST) domain which may be involved in signaling protein degradation.
  • OPA polyglutamine-rich domain
  • PEST pro-glu-ser-thr
  • Notch homologs including three Notch genes. (The corresponding structures for Lin-12 and Glp-1 are shown in FIG. 2.)
  • Notch ligands have been identified in vertebrates, including Delta, Serrate and Jagged.
  • the Notch ligands are also transmembrane proteins, having highly conserved structures. These ligands are known to signal cell fate and pattern formation decisions through the binding to the Lin-12/Notch family of transmembrane receptors (Muskavitch and Hoffmann, Curr. Top. Dev. Biol. 24:289-328 (1990); Artavanis-Tsakonas and Simpson, Trends Genet.
  • the Notch signaling pathway (FIG. 3 ), which is apparently activated by Jagged in the endothelial cell, involves cleavage of the intracellular domain by a protease, followed by nuclear trafficking of the Notch fragment and the interaction of this fragment with the KBF 2 /RBP-J k transcription factor (Jarriault et al., Nature 377:355-358 (1995); Kopan et al., Proc. Natl. Acad Sci.
  • the Jagged gene encodes a transmembrane protein which is directed to the cell surface by the presence of a signal peptide sequence (Lindsell et al., Cell 80:909-917 (1995)). While the intracellular domain contains a sequence with no known homology to intracellular regions of other transmembrane structures, the extracellular region of the ligand contains a cys-rich region, 16 epidermal growth factor (EGF) repeats, and a DSL (delta Serrate Lag) domain. As shown in FIG.
  • DSL domain as well as the EGF repeats, are found in other genes including the brosophila ligands, Serrate (Baker et al., Science 250:1370-13771990; Thomas et al., Development 111:749-761 (1991)) and Delta (Kopczynski et al., Genes Dev. 2:1723-1735 (1988)), and C. elegans genes Apx-1 (Henderson et al., Development 120:2913-2924 (1994); Mello et al., Cell 77:95-106 (1994)) and Lag-2 (Tax et al., Nature 368, 150-154 (1994)).
  • the novel signaling pathway produces disparate effects on the migration of large and small vessel endothelial cells, providing what appears to be the first demonstration of a signaling difference between large and small vessel endothelial cells both in degree and direction.
  • This highlights the potential function of a previously unknown ligand-receptor signaling pathway in the endothelial cell which is modulated during the migratory phase of angiogenesis.
  • the present invention provides an explanation of the previously unresolved phenomenon in which endothelial cells have been shown to reproducibly differentiate into a non-terminal and completely reversible tubular-like cell phenotype in vitro (Maciag et al., 1982).
  • the present invention significantly advances the art providing not only methods of regulating cell differentiation and angiogenesis, but also teaching a method for preventing the undesirable migration of specific cell types into large blood vessels following angioplastic surgery to control restenosis.
  • the present invention relates to a novel discovery of human Jagged and of the role of Jagged-Notch in endothelial cell migration and/or differentiation, and to the determination that the signaling pathway produces disparate effects on the migration of large and small vessel endothelial cells.
  • the invention provides a substantially purified Jagged protein, i.e., a peptide free of the proteins with which it is normally associated, particularly a human Jagged protein; it also provides a functionally equivalent derivative, or allelic or species variant thereof. It further provides a peptide which has an amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ ID NO:1. Moreover, the invention provides a protein which is characterized by the ability to bind to Notch.
  • the invention provides a substantially purified nucleic acid molecule encoding a Jagged protein SEQ ID NO:1 particularly a human Jagged protein; it also provides a nucleic acid molecule or DNA segment thereof encoding a functionally equivalent derivative, or allelic or species variant thereof. It further provides a nucleic acid sequence having a sequence corresponding to SEQ ID NO:2. Moreover, the invention provides a nucleic acid sequence encoding a human protein which is characterized by the ability to bind to Notch.
  • the invention provides a recombinant molecule comprising a vector and the nucleic acid sequence or segment thereof encoding the Jagged protein or functional portion thereof, particularly the human Jagged protein. It also provide a host cell comprising the recombinant molecule comprising a vector and the nucleic acid sequence or segment thereof encoding the Jagged protein or functional portion thereof. The invention further provides the expression product of the recombinant molecule comprising a vector and the nucleic acid sequence encoding the Jagged protein.
  • the invention provides a substantially purified, single-stranded, nucleic acid molecule comprising the antisense strand of the Jagged CDNA ( ⁇ -Jagged), particularly of the cDNA for the human Jagged protein; it also provides DNA segments which if read in the sense direction would encode a functionally equivalent derivative, or allelic or species variant thereof It also provides the nucleic acid molecule comprising the antisense nucleotide sequence corresponding to the antisense strand of SEQ ID NO:2. Moreover, the invention provides an antisense molecule which is characterized by the ability to bind to Jagged, or a functionally equivalent derivative, or allelic or species variant thereof
  • the invention also provides the polypeptide encoded by the nucleic acid molecule comprising the antisense strand of the Jagged cDNA ( ⁇ -Jagged), particularly of the cDNA for the human Jagged protein. It further provides the polypeptide encoded by the antisense Jagged molecule, wherein the polypeptide has a binding affinity to, and inhibits the activity of Jagged.
  • the invention provides an antibody having a binding affinity to Jagged, or a unique portion thereof
  • It also provides a secondary antibody having a binding affinity to anti-Jagged, or a unique portion thereof.
  • the invention provides a method of decreasing the migration of endothelial cells to a site on a micro-diameter blood vessel, comprising delivering a Jagged protein, or a functionally equivalent derivative, or allelic or species variant thereof, or a secondary anti-Jagged antibody to a site from which the endothelial cells have been removed, damaged or substantially reduced. It also provides a method of decreasing the migration of endothelial cells, particularly human endothelial cells, to a site on a macro-diameter blood vessel, comprising delivering an antisense Jagged molecule ( ⁇ -Jagged) or a Jagged antibody to a site from which the endothelial cells have been removed, damaged or substantially reduced.
  • ⁇ -Jagged antisense Jagged molecule
  • the invention provides a method of increasing the migration of endothelial cells, particularly human endothelial cells, to a site on a macro-diameter blood vessel, comprising delivering a Jagged protein, or a functionally equivalent derivative, or allelic or species variant thereof, or a secondary anti-Jagged antibody to a site-from which the endothelial cells have been removed, damaged or substantially reduced. It also provides a method of increasing the migration of endothelial, particularly human endothelial cells, to a site on a micro-diameter blood vessel, comprising delivering an antisense Jagged molecule ( ⁇ -Jagged) or a Jagged antibody to a site from which the endothelial cells have been removed, damaged or substantially reduced.
  • ⁇ -Jagged antisense Jagged molecule
  • the invention provides a method of decreasing the migration of smooth muscle cells, particularly human smooth muscle cells, to a site on a macro-diameter blood vessel comprising delivering an antisense Jagged molecule ( ⁇ -Jagged) or a Jagged antibody to a site from which the endothelial cells have been removed, damaged or substantially reduced.
  • ⁇ -Jagged antisense Jagged molecule
  • Jagged antibody a Jagged antibody
  • the invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a Jagged protein, or functionally equivalent derivative, or allelic or species variant thereof, particularly a human Jagged protein; and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Also provided is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a Jagged nucleic acid, or functionally equivalent derivative, or allelic or species variant thereof, particularly a human Jagged nucleic acid; and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a Jagged antibody, or functionally equivalent derivative, or allelic or species variant thereof; and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a Jagged antisense molecule, or functionally equivalent derivative, or allelic or species variant thereof; and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-Jagged antibody, or functionally equivalent derivative, or allelic or species variant thereof; and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • the invention also provides a method of preventing or treating a disease or condition in a subject comprising administering to a subject in need of such prevention or treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a molecule which antagonizes, inhibits or prevents the function of the Notch protein; or comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a molecule which agonizes, enhances or stimulates the function of the Notch protein.
  • It further provides a method of preventing or treating a disease or condition in a subject comprising administering to a subject in need of such prevention or treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a molecule which antagonizes, inhibits or prevents the function of the Jagged protein; or comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a molecule which agonizes, enhances or stimulates the function of the Jagged protein.
  • the invention provides a method of inhibiting or preventing angiogenesis in a subject comprising administering to a subject in need of such inhibition or prevention a therapeutically effective amount of Jagged or a Jagged agonist.
  • the angiogenesis being inhibited or prevented comprises solid tumor angiogenesis, rheumatoid arthritic angiogenesis, inflammatory angiogenesis, and the like.
  • the invention also provides a method of inhibiting or preventing restenosis of the lumen of a blood vessel, by repressing angiogenesis from the vaso vasorum, and by promoting large vessel endothelial cell migration to repair the lumen of a large blood vessel.
  • Jagged agonists comprising agents which promote the expression of Jagged, including fibrin and functional derivatives thereof and pharmacologically acceptable chemicals, and ⁇ -idiotypic Jagged antibodies.
  • the invention provides a method of promoting or enhancing angiogenesis in a subject comprising administering to a subject in need of such promotion or enhancement a therapeutically effective amount of anti-Jagged or a Jagged antagonist.
  • the angiogenesis being promoted or enhanced comprises wound or injury repair angiogenesis, such as that which occurs in a wound or injury caused by surgery, trauma and/or disease or condition, including diabetes-related wounds or injuries.
  • Jagged antagonists comprising Jagged antibodies, anti-sense Jagged, Jagged mutants and pharmacologically acceptable chemicals.
  • the invention further provides a method for affecting cell differentiation of cells comprising the mesoderm, endoderm, ectoderm and/or neuroderm. Also provided is a method for affecting cell differentiation of cells, wherein the cell types affected comprise hematopoietic stem cells, epithelial cells, vascular smooth muscle cells and dendritic cells.
  • the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition used in any of the previously disclosed methods.
  • FIG. 1 Illustration of the phenotypic alterations of HUVEC by cytokines.
  • cytokines such as IL-1 and IFN ⁇
  • FIG. 2 Illustration of the domain structure of the Notch ligand family. (Numbers refer to the number of EGF repeats in the extracellular domain.) As indicated in this chart, although the intracellular domain of the Jagged gene contains a sequence with no known homology to intracellular regions of other transmembrane structures, the extracellular region of the gene contains a cys-rich region, 16 epidermal growth factor (EGF) repeats, and a Delta-Serrate-Lag (DSL) domain, typical of comparable regions found in other genes including the Drosophila ligands, Serrate and Delta, and the C. elegans genes, Apx-1 and Lag-2.
  • EGF epidermal growth factor
  • DSL Delta-Serrate-Lag
  • FIG. 3 The Notch signaling pathway.
  • the components of the Notch signaling pathway are illustrated, using the myoblast as an example.
  • the Notch signaling pathway when activated by Jagged in the endothelial cell, involves cleavage of the intracellular domain by a protease, nuclear trafficking of the Notch fragment and the interaction of this fragment with the KBF 2 /RBP-Jk transcription factor, a homolog of the Drosophila Suppressor of Hairless (Su(H) gene, which is a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor involved in Notch signaling.
  • FIG. 4 Illustration of the domain structure of the Notch receptor family. (Numbers refer to the number of EGF repeats in the extracellular domain.) As indicated in this chart, in addition to the 36 EGF repeats within the extracellular domain of Notch 1, there is a cys-rich domain composed of three Notch-Lin-Gip (NLG) repeats, followed by a cys-poor region between the transmembrane and NLG domain.
  • the intracellular domain of Notch 1 contains six ankyrin/Cdc10 repeats positioned between two nuclear localization sequences (NLS). In the carboxy-terminal direction from this region is a polyglutamine-rich domain (OPA) and a pro-glu-ser-thr (PEST) domain. Comparable structures are shown for Lin-12 and Glp-1.
  • FIG. 5 RT-PCR analysis of steady-state levels of Jagged, Notch 1 and Notch 2 transcripts in HUVEC.
  • Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) was used as a positive control.
  • FIG. 6 Graphic representation of the effect of the antisense Jagged oligonucleotide on BMBC sprout formation, as compared with the effect on three control oligomers, a Jagged sense oligonucleotide, a 3′ antisense Jagged oligomer, and a mutated 5′ antisense Jagged oligomer.
  • FIGS. 7A and 7B Line graphs showing the effect of the antisense Jagged oligonucleotide on bovine endothelial cell migration.
  • the effect on bovine microvascular endothelial cells (BMEC) is shown on FIG. 7A; the effect on bovine aorta endothelial cells (BAEC) is shown on FIG. 7 B.
  • BMEC bovine microvascular endothelial cells
  • BAEC bovine aorta endothelial cells
  • FIGS. 8A to 8 J Amino acid (SEQ ID NO:1) and nucleic acid (SEQ ID NO:2) sequences of human Jagged.
  • ADNA segment refers to a molecule comprising a linear stretch of nucleotides wherein the nucleotides are present in a sequence that encodes, through the genetic code, a molecule comprising a linear sequence of amino acid residues that is referred to as a protein, a protein fragment, or a polypeptide.
  • a DNA sequence related to a single polypeptide chain or protein, and as used herein includes the 5′ and 3′ ends.
  • the polypeptide can be encoded by a full-length sequence or any portion of the coding sequence, so long as the functional activity of the protein is retained.
  • a “complimentary DNA” or “cDNA” gene includes recombinant genes synthesized by reverse transcription of messenger RNA (“mRNA”) lacking intervening sequences (introns).
  • mRNA messenger RNA
  • Structural gene ADNA sequence that is transcribed into mRNA that is then translated into a sequence of amino acids characteristic of a specific polypeptide.
  • the first nucleotide of the first translated codon is numbered +1, and the nucleotides are numbered consecutively with positive integers through the translated region of the structural gene and into the 3′ untranslated region.
  • the numbering of the nucleotides in the promoter and regulatory region 5′ to the translated region proceeds consecutively with negative integers with the 5′ nucleotide next to the first translated nucleotide being numbered ⁇ 1.
  • Nucleic acid hybridization This process depends on the principle that two single-stranded molecules that have complimentary base sequences will reform into the thermodynamically favored double-stranded configuration (“reanneal”) if they are mixed in solution under the proper conditions. The reannealling process will occur even if one of the single strands is immobilized.
  • Hybridization probe To visualize a particular DNA sequence in the hybridization procedure, a labeled DNA molecule or hybridization probe is reacted to the fractionated nucleic acid bound to the nitrocellulose filter. The areas on the filter that carry nucleic acid sequences complementary to the labeled DNA probe become labeled themselves as a consequence of the reannealing reaction. The areas of the filter that exhibit such labeling are visualized.
  • the hybridization probe is generally produced by molecular cloning of a specific DNA sequence.
  • Oligonucleotide or Oligomer A molecule comprised of two or more deoxyribonucleotides or ribonucleotides, preferably more than three. Its exact size will depend on many factors, which in turn depend on the ultimate function or use of the oligonucleotide.
  • An oligonucleotide may be derived synthetically or by cloning.
  • Sequence Amplification A method for generating large amounts of a target sequence.
  • one or more amplification primers are annealed to a nucleic acid sequence.
  • sequences found adjacent to, or in between the primers are amplified.
  • Amplification primer An oligonucleotide which is capable of annealing adjacent to a target sequence and serving as an initiation point for DNA synthesis when placed under conditions in which synthesis of a primer extension product which is complementary to a nucleic acid strand is initiated.
  • Vector A plasmid or phage DNA or other DNA sequence into which DNA may be inserted to be cloned.
  • the vector may replicate autonomously in a host cell, and may be further characterized by one or a small number of endonuclease recognition sites at which such DNA sequences may be cut in a determinable fashion and into which DNA may be inserted.
  • the vector may further contain a marker suitable for use in the identification of cells transformed with the vector.
  • the words “cloning vehicle” are sometimes used for “vector.”
  • Expression Expression is the process by which a structural gene produces a polypeptide. It involves transcription of the gene into mRNA, and the translation of such mRNA into polypeptide(s).
  • Expression vector A vector or vehicle similar to a cloning vector but which is capable of expressing a gene which has been cloned into it, after transformation into a host.
  • the cloned gene is usually placed under the control of (i.e., operably linked to) certain control sequences such as promoter sequences.
  • Expression control sequences will vary depending on whether the vector is designed to express the operably linked gene in a prokaryotic or eukaryotic host and may additionally contain transcriptional elements such as enhancer elements, termination sequences, tissue-specificity elements, and/or translational initiation and termination sites.
  • a “functional derivative” of a sequence is a molecule that possesses a biological activity (either functional or structural) that is substantially similar to a biological activity of the protein or nucleic acid sequence.
  • a functional derivative of a protein may or may not contain post-translational modifications such as covalently linked carbohydrate, depending on the necessity of such modifications for the performance of a specific function.
  • the term “functional derivative” is intended to include the “fragments,” “segments,” “variants,” “analogs,” or “chemical derivatives” of a molecule.
  • a molecule is said to be a “chemical derivative” of another molecule when it contains additional chemical moieties not normally a part of the molecule. Such moieties may improve the molecule's solubility, absorption, biological half life, and the like. The moieties may alternatively decrease the toxicity of the molecule, eliminate or attenuate any undesirable side effect of the molecule, and the like. Moieties capable of mediating such effects are disclosed in Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences (1980). Procedures for coupling such moieties to a molecule are well known in the art.
  • variants or “allelic or species variant” of a protein or nucleic acid is meant to refer to a molecule substantially similar in structure and biological activity to either the protein or nucleic acid. Thus, provided that two molecules possess a common activity and may substitute for each other, they are considered variants as that term is used herein even if the composition or secondary, tertiary, or quaternary structure of one of the molecules is not identical to that found in the other, or if the amino acid or nucleotide sequence is not identical.
  • substantially pure protein or nucleic acid is a protein or nucleic acid preparation that is generally lacking in other cellular components with which it is normally associated in vivo.
  • Ligand refers to any protein or proteins that may interact with a receptor binding domain, thus having a “binding affinity” for such domain.
  • Ligands may be soluble or membrane bound, and they may be a naturally occurring protein, or synthetically or recombinantly produced.
  • the ligand may also be a nonprotein molecule that acts as ligand when it interacts with the receptor binding domain. Interactions between the ligand and receptor binding domain include, but are not limited to, any covalent or non-covalent interactions.
  • the receptor binding domain is any region of the receptor molecule, e.g. Notch, that interacts directly or indirectly with the ligand, e.g., Jagged. If the Notch-Jagged interaction acts as an on-off switch, Jagged may provide the receptor binding domain, and Notch or a component produced as a result of the Notch-Jagged interaction may act as the ligand.
  • Antisense nucleic acid sequence refers to pseudogenes which are constructed by reversing the orientation of the gene with regard to its promoter, so that the antisense strand is transcribed. The term also refers to the antisense strand of RNA or of cDNA which compliments the strand of DNA encoding the protein or peptide of interest. In either case, when introduced into a cell under the control of a promoter, the anti-sense nucleic acid sequence inhibits the synthesis of the protein of interest from the endogenous gene. The inhibition appears to depend on the formation of an RNA-RNA or cDNA-RNA duplex in the nucleus or in the cytoplasm.
  • antisense nucleic acid sequences may further include modifications which could affect the biological activity of the antisense molecule, or its manner or rate of expression. Such modifications may also include, e.g.. mutations, insertions, deletions, or substitutions of one or more nucleotides that do not affect the function of the antisense molecule, but which may affect intracellular localization.
  • Modifications include, but are not limited to, 5-fluorouracil, 5-bromouracil, 5-chlorouracil, 5-iodouracil, hypoxanthine, xanthine, 4-acetylcytosine, 5-(carboxyhydroxmethyl uracil, 5-carboxyhydroxmethyl-2-thiouridine, 5-carboxymethylaminomethyl uracil, dihydrouracil, beta-D-galactosylqueosine, inosine, N6-isopentyladenine, 1-methylguanine, 1-methyinosine, 2,2dimthylguanine, 2-methyladenine, 2-methylguanine, 3-methylcytosine, 5-methylcytosine, N6-adenine, 7-methylguanine, 5-methylaminomethyluracil, 5-methylaminomethyl-2-thioracil, beta-D-mannosylqueosine, 5′-methoxycarboxymethyluracil, 5-methyl
  • the nucleic acid sequence may determine an uninterrupted antisense RNA sequence or it may include one or more introns.
  • the antisense Jagged molecule(s) of the present invention are referred to as ⁇ -Jagged.
  • Steady-state level refers to a stable condition that does not change over time, or the state in which change in one direction or production of a component is continually balanced by a compensatory change in another.
  • Angiogenesis plays a central role in a number of physiologic and pathologic conditions, including placental development, wound healing, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetic retinopathy and solid tumor growth and metastasis.
  • Endothelial cells comprise a monolayer lining the luminal surface of all blood vessels, thereby playing a central role in this process.
  • In vitro populations of endothelial cells isolated from both large vessels and microvessels can be induced to mimic this differentiation process by forming a capillary-like network.
  • Three-dimensional fibrin gels have been used to mimic angiogenesis, as an in vitro corollary of the in vivo phenomenon since endothelial cells invade blood clots in the process of wound repair.
  • Endothelial cell differentiation is a well documented process in vitro, generally requiring a transcriptional component for induction.
  • endothelial cell differentiation has been shown to be reversible. Digestion of the endothelial cellular networks formed in vitro, and subsequent culture of the cells in the presence of FGF-1 causes them to revert to an undifferentiated phenotype (see, e.g., Maciag et al., J. Cell Biol. 94:511-520 (1982)).
  • endothelial cell differentiation has also been shown to have a transcriptional basis.
  • Endothelial cell (HUVEC) organization into a cellular network has been shown to be associated with an increase in the transcript encoding fibronectin, and a decrease in the transcript encoding sis, which reverses when the cellular network is digested with proteases and the cells revert to the proliferative phenotype (see e.g., Jaye et al., Science 228:882-885 (1985)).
  • HUVEC are capable of two different behaviors, both of which are termed “differentiation.”
  • the first is the formation of a two dimensional network involving cell elongation, anastomosis and branching that does not require transcription and translation, but requires post-translational modification.
  • the second is a more complex three-dimensional process resulting in a capillary network containing lumens, which Zimrin et al. (1995) have shown requires both transcriptional and post-translational events.
  • Zinrin et al. (1995) has defined the modified differential display technique as applied to endothelial cells and demonstrated that it is a very useful method of isolating transcripts which are differentially expressed as endothelial cells differentiate.
  • the human homolog of the Jagged ligand for the Notch receptor has been isolated from human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) invading a fibrin gel.
  • UUVEC umbilical vein endothelial cells
  • the addition of an antisense Jagged oligonucleotide to bovine microvascular endothelial cells on collagen resulted in a marked increase in their invasion into the collagen gel in response to FGF-2.
  • the antisense Jagged oligonucleotide of the present invention was also able to increase the migration of bovine microvascular endothelial cells on fibronectin, the oligonucleotide significantly decreased the migration of bovine endothelial cells derived from the aorta, suggesting a divergence in the mechanism utilized by two different endothelial cell populations to respond to the Notch signaling system.
  • microvascular and large vessel endothelium are well recognized as a part of the heterogeneity of the vascular endothelium in general and this is reflected in the properties of endothelial cells from different sources in cell culture (Carson and Haudenschild, In Vitro 22:344-354 (1986)), and in organ-specific expression of different adhesion molecules, cell surface glycoproteins and lectin-binding sites (Gumkowski et al., Blood Vessels 24:11 (1987)).
  • the putative protein sequence of the present invention includes a signal peptide, a DSL domain shared by the Notch ligands Delta, Serrate, LAG-2 and APX-1, 16 tandem epidermal growth factor-like repeats, a cysteine-rich region, a transmembrane domain and a 125 base pair cytoplasmic tail.
  • the 5′ end of the sequence of the human Jagged isolate corresponds to position 417 of the rat sequence, at the eleventh codon of the predicted 21 residue signal peptide.
  • RT-PCR reverse transcription and polymerase chain reaction amplification
  • the human endothelial cell population is capable of expressing both the Jagged ligand and the Notch receptor, indicating that the human endothelial cell is completing an autocrine signal using the Notch signal transduction pathway.
  • the data do not distinguish, however, between a homogenous population expressing both Notch and Jagged proteins, or heterogeneous subpopulations of endothelial cells that display Notch, Jagged, both or neither protein.
  • an antisense Jagged oligonucleotide was designed in the present invention, which encompassed the Kozak consensus region, the ATG start codon and the next three codons of the rat Jagged cDNA sequence. Similar strategies have previously proved useful as a means of repressing the translational efficiency of a wide variety of transcripts in vitro (see, Scanlon et al., FASEB J. 9:1288-1296 (1995); Maier et al., 1990b).
  • endothelial cell behavior was evaluated under conditions of sprout formation (Montesano and Orci, Cell 42:469-477 (1985)) and migration (Sato and Rifkin, J. Cell Biol. 107:1199-1205 (1988)).
  • the addition of the oligonucleotide to bovine microvascular endothelial cells plated on collagen at varying concentrations resulted in an oligonucleotide-induced dose-dependent increase in the total length of sprout formation observed in response to the addition of FGF-2 (FIG. 6 ).
  • control oligonucleotides including a sense oligonucleotide covering the same sequence, a 5′ antisense oligonucleotide with every third base mutated, and a random oligonucleotide, had no effect on the total length of sprout formation (FIG. 6 ).
  • the addition of the antisense Jagged oligonucleotide significantly enhanced endothelial cell sprout formation beyond the level achieved by FGF-2.
  • the difference in their response to the Jagged antisense oligonucleotide indicates for the first time that there are differences between large and small vessels in the Notch signaling pathway.
  • the novel response to the Jagged antisense oligonucleotide disclosed in the present invention represents the first demonstration of an effect not only different in degree but also in direction.
  • the present embodiments further demonstrate that the addition of exogenous Jagged (or enhanced expression of Jagged) produces an effect opposite to that seen in Examples 5-7.
  • the addition or increased expression of Jagged will decrease the migration and invasion of microvascular cells from the vaso vasorurn, and increase or stimulate the migration of large vessel endothelial cells.
  • compositions and methods may resolve the previously unanswered question of how hypertension could be directly related to the aortic intima and atherosclerosis, and vice versa, how known atherogenic risk factors could affect the microvascular endothelium (Chan et al., Microvasc. Res. 18:353-369 (1979)).
  • compositions and methods are useful for the modification of a post-angioplastic situation, when one or more large coronary vessel have been stripped of their endothelial cell lining.
  • One of the most serious complications limiting the value of the angioplastic procedure is the occurrence of restenosis or the rapid migration and proliferation of smooth muscle cells, monocytes/macrophages, platelets, and endothelium at the wound site resulting in a reocclusion of the vessel that may be more extensive than before treatment (see numerous review articles on the subject, e.g., Schwartz et al., Atherosclerosis 1:107-161 (1981)).
  • treating the wounded or injured area with a therapeutic amount of additional recombinant Jagged protein, or a functionally equivalent drug or protein having the ability to signal Notch will prevent or inhibit reocclusion by increasing the migration of the large vessel endothelial cells on the borders of the lesion into the denuded area to cover the lesion, while also decreasing emergence of the micro-vascular cells (smooth muscle, endothelial, macrophage, etc) from the vaso vasorum and providing the nutrient microvessels or sprouts to supply the proliferating smooth muscle cells.
  • the micro-vascular cells smooth muscle, endothelial, macrophage, etc
  • the present invention provides highly purified Jagged protein.
  • a protein is said to be highly purified if the protein possesses a specific activity that is greater than that found in whole cell extracts containing the protein.
  • source organism refers to the original organism from which the amino acid or DNA sequence is derived, regardless of the organism the ligand is expressed in or ultimately isolated from.
  • source organism refers to the original organism from which the amino acid or DNA sequence is derived, regardless of the organism the ligand is expressed in or ultimately isolated from.
  • a human is said to be the “source organism” of Jagged expressed by an insect expression system as long as the amino acid sequence is that of human Jagged. The most preferred source organism is human.
  • the Jagged is purified from tissues or cells which naturally produce it, such as HUVEC.
  • tissue or cells which naturally produce it such as HUVEC.
  • One skilled in the art can readily follow known methods for isolating proteins in order to obtain the Jagged protein. These include, but are not limited to, immunochromotography, size-exclusion chromatography, ion-exchange chromatography, affinity chromatography, HPLC, and the methods set forth by example in the present disclosure.
  • One skilled in the art can readily adapt known purification schemes to delete certain steps or to incorporate additional purification procedures.
  • the ligand is purified from cells which have been altered to express the desired protein.
  • a cell is said to be “altered to express a desired protein” when the cell, through genetic manipulation, is made to produce a protein which it normally does not produce, or which the cell normally produces at low levels.
  • One skilled in the art can readily adapt procedures for introducing and expressing either genomic or cDNA sequences into either eukaryotic or prokaryotic cells, in order to generate a cell which produces the desired protein.
  • HUVEC HU artery
  • HEC human adipose-derived microvascular endothelial cells
  • HCEC human dermis-derived capillary endothelial cells
  • HSAEC human saphenous vein
  • HSAEC human saphenous vein
  • DNA sequences encoding the desired nucleic acid sequence encoding the protein of interest can be obtained by routine hybridization and selection from any host which possesses these receptors.
  • a nucleic acid molecule, such as DNA is said to be “capable of expressing” a polypeptide if it contains nucleotide sequences which contain transcriptional and translational regulatory information and such sequences are “operably linked” to nucleotide sequences which encode the polypeptide.
  • An operable linkage is a linkage in which the regulatory DNA sequences and the DNA sequence sought to be expressed are connected in such a way as to permit gene sequence expression.
  • regulatory regions needed for gene sequence expression may vary from organism to organism, but shall in general include a promoter region which, in prokaryotes, contains both the promoter (which directs the initiation of RNA transcription) as well as the DNA sequences which, when transcribed into RNA, will signal the initiation of protein synthesis.
  • promoter region which, in prokaryotes, contains both the promoter (which directs the initiation of RNA transcription) as well as the DNA sequences which, when transcribed into RNA, will signal the initiation of protein synthesis.
  • Such regions will normally include those 5′-non-coding sequences involved with initiation of transcription and translation, such as the TATA box, capping sequence, CAAT sequence, and the like.
  • the non-coding region 3′ to the gene sequence encoding Jagged may be obtained by the above-described methods. This region may be retained for its transcriptional termination regulatory sequences, such as termination and polyadenylation. Thus, by retaining the 3′-region naturally contiguous to the DNA sequence encoding Jagged, the transcriptional termination signals may be provided. Where the transcriptional termination signals are not satisfactorily functional in the expression host cell, then a 3′ region functional in the host cell may be substituted.
  • Two DNA sequences are said to be operably linked if the nature of the linkage between the two DNA sequences does not (1) result in the introduction of a frame-shift mutation, (2) interfere with the ability of the promoter region sequence to direct the transcription of the Jagged gene sequence, or (3) interfere with the ability of the Jagged gene sequence to be transcribed by the promoter region sequence.
  • a promoter region would be operably linked to a DNA sequence if the promoter were capable of effecting transcription of that DNA sequence.
  • transcriptional and translational signals recognized by an appropriate host are necessary.
  • the nucleic acids sequences of the present invention are under controlled expression by the animal or human patient.
  • the nucleic acids sequences are administered to the patient in need of gene therapy, intravenously, intramuscularly, subcutaneously, enterally, topically, parenterally or surgically.
  • the administration may be by continuous administration, or by single or multiple administrations.
  • the gene therapy is intended to be provided to the recipient mammal in a “pharmacologically or pharmaceutically acceptable form” in an amount sufficient to “therapeutically effective.”
  • the nucleic acid is said to be in “pharmaceutically or pharmacologically acceptable form” if its administration can be tolerated by a recipient patient.
  • an amount is said to be “therapeutically effective” (also referred to here and elsewhere as “an effective amount”) if the dosage, route of administration, etc., of the agent are sufficient to affect a response to Jagged.
  • the nucleic acid is considered to be in “pharmaceutically or pharmacologically acceptable form” if its administration can be tolerated by a recipient patient.
  • the present invention further encompasses the expression of the Jagged protein (or a functional derivative thereof) in either prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells.
  • Preferred prokaryotic hosts include bacteria such as E. coli , Bacillus, Streptomyces, Pseudomonas, Salmonella, Serrafia, etc. Under such conditions, the Jagged will not be glycosylated.
  • the prokaryotic host must be compatible with the replicon and control sequences in the expression plasmid.
  • prokaryotic systems may not prove efficacious for the expression of a soluble Jagged ligand, since the protein of interest contains 1048 residues encompassing residue 22 (after the signal sequence) to residue 1069 (prior to the transmembrane domain).
  • prokaryotic expression systems e.g., pET3c
  • pET3c have been used to express high molecular weight proteins, such as a biologically active (molecular weight (M r ) ⁇ 118 kDa) FGF-1: ⁇ -galactosidase chimera (Shi et al., submitted to J. Biol. Chem., 1996)
  • successful folding and disulfide bond formation for the multiple EGF repeats (three disulfide bonds per EGF repeat) in the Jagged sequence may be difficult to accomplish in bacteria.
  • Jagged or a functional derivative thereof
  • Such promoters may be either constitutive or, more preferably, regulatable (i.e., inducible or derepressible).
  • constitutive promoters include the int promoter of bacteriophage ⁇ , the bla promoter of the ⁇ -lactamase gene sequence of pBR322, and the CAT promoter of the chloramphenicol acetyl transferase gene sequence of pPR325, etc.
  • inducible prokaryotic promoters examples include the major right and left promoters of bacteriophage ⁇ (P L and P R ), the trp, recA, lacZ, lacI, and gal promoters of E. coli , the ⁇ -amylase (Ulmanen, I., et al., J. Bacteriol. 162:176-182 (1985)) and the ⁇ -28-specific promoters of B. subtilis (Gilman, M. Z., et al., Gene sequence 32:11-20 (1984)), the promoters of the bacteriophages of Bacillus (Gryczan, T.
  • ribosome binding sites are disclosed, for example, by Gold, L., et al. ( Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 35:365404 (1981)).
  • Preferred eukaryotic hosts include yeast, fungi, insect cells, mammalian cells, either in vivo or in tissue culture.
  • Mammalian cells which may be useful as hosts include HeLa cells, cells of fibroblast origin such as VERO or CHO-KI, or cells of lymphoid origin, such as the hybridoma SP2/O-AG14 or the myeloma P3 ⁇ 63Sg8, and their derivatives.
  • Preferred mammalian host cells include SP2/0 and J558L, as well as neuroblastoma cell lines such as IMR 332 that may provide better capacities for correct post-translational processing.
  • transcriptional and translational regulatory sequences may be employed, depending upon the nature of the host.
  • the transcriptional and translational regulatory signals may be derived from viral sources, such as adenovirus, bovine papilloma virus, Simian virus, or the like, where the regulatory signals are associated with a particular gene sequence which has a high level of expression.
  • promoters from mammalian expression products such as actin, collagen, myosin, etc., may be employed.
  • Transcriptional initiation regulatory signals may be selected which allow for repression or activation, so that expression of the gene sequences can be modulated.
  • regulatory signals which are temperature-sensitive so that by varying the temperature, expression can be repressed or initiated, or are subject to chemical (such as metabolite) regulation.
  • Yeast expression systems can also carry out post-translational peptide modifications.
  • Yeast recognizes leader sequences on cloned mammalian gene sequence products and secretes peptides bearing leader sequences (i.e., pre-peptides).
  • Any of a series of yeast gene sequence expression systems incorporating promoter and termination elements from the actively expressed gene sequences coding for glycolytic enzymes produced in large quantities when yeast are grown in mediums rich in glucose can be utilized.
  • Known glycolytic gene sequences can also provide very efficient transcriptional control signals. For example, the promoter and terminator signals of the phosphoglycerate kinase gene sequence can be utilized.
  • the more preferred host for a protein the size of Jagged is insect cells, for example the Drosophila larvae.
  • insect cells for example the Drosophila larvae.
  • the Drosophila alcohol dehydrogenase promoter can be used (see, e.g., Rubin, G. M., Science 240:1453-1459 (1988)).
  • the baculovirus insect cell expression system is the most preferred system for expressing the soluble Jagged construct (residues 1-1069) as a carboxy-terminal triple tandem myc-epitope repeat:glutathione-S-transferase (GST) fusion protein chimera, using conventional PCR methods (Zhan et al., J. Biol. Chem. 269:20221-20224 (1994)).
  • the sJMG construct may not only prove to be valuable for the baculovirus expression system, but also as a construct for the expression of a secreted and soluble extracellular Jagged ligand in mammalian cells for implantation in vivo.
  • the sJM construct lacking the GST fusion domain—may be inserted into the pMEXneo vector and stable NIH 3T3 cell transfectants obtained following selection with G418 as described (Zhan et al., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 188:982-991 (1992).
  • baculovirus vectors can be engineered to express large amounts of Jagged in insect cells (Jasny, B.
  • eukaryotic promoters include: the promoter of the mouse metallothionein I gene sequence (Hamer, D., et al., J. Mol. Appl. Gen. 1:273-288 (1982)); the TK promoter of Herpes virus (McKnight, S., Cell 31:355-365 (1982)); the SV40 early promoter (enoist, C., et al., Nature ( London ) 290:304-310 (1981)); the yeast gal4 gene sequence promoter (Johnston, S.
  • the Jagged coding sequence and an operably linked promoter may be introduced into a recipient prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell either as a non-replicating DNA (or RNA) molecule, which may either be a linear molecule or, more preferably, a closed covalent circular molecule. Since such molecules are incapable of autonomous replication, the expression of the Jagged may occur through the transient expression of the introduced sequence. Alternatively, permanent expression may occur through the integration of the introduced sequence into the host chromosome.
  • a vector is employed which is capable of integrating the desired gene sequences into the host cell chromosome.
  • Cells which have stably integrated the introduced DNA into their chromosomes can be selected by also introducing one or more markers which allow for selection of host cells which contain the expression vector.
  • the marker may provide for prototrophy to an auxotrophic host, biocide resistance, e.g., antibiotics, or heavy metals, such as copper, or the like.
  • the selectable marker gene sequence can either be directly linked to the DNA gene sequences to be expressed, or introduced into the same cell by co-transfection. Additional elements may also be needed for optimal synthesis of single chain binding protein mRNA. These elements may include splice signals, as well as transcription promoters, enhancers, and termination signals.
  • cDNA expression vectors incorporating such elements include those described by Okayama, H., Molec. Cell. Biol. 3:280 (1983).
  • the introduced sequence will be incorporated into a plasmid or viral vector capable of autonomous replication in the recipient host.
  • a plasmid or viral vector capable of autonomous replication in the recipient host.
  • Any of a wide variety of vectors may be employed for this purpose. Factors of importance in selecting a particular plasmid or viral vector include: the ease with which recipient cells that contain the vector may be recognized and selected from those recipient cells which do not contain the vector; the number of copies of the vector which are desired in a particular host; and whether it is desirable to be able to “shuttle” the vector between host cells of different species.
  • Preferred prokaryotic vectors include plasmids, such as those capable of replication in E. coli (such as, for example, pBR322, ColE1, pSC101, pACYC 184, ⁇ VX.
  • E. coli such as, for example, pBR322, ColE1, pSC101, pACYC 184, ⁇ VX.
  • Such plasmids are, for example, disclosed by Maniatis, T., et al (In: Molecular Cloning, A Laboratory Manual , Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (1982)).
  • Bacillus plasmids include pC194, pC221, pT127, etc. Such plasmids are disclosed by Gryczan, T. (In: The Molecular Biology of the Bacilli , Academic Press, NY (1982), pp. 307-329).
  • Suitable Streptomyces plasmids include pIJ101 (Kendall, K. J., et al., J. Bacteriol. 169:4177-4183 (1987)), and streptomyces bacteriophages such as ⁇ C31 (Chater, K. F., et al., In: Sixth International Symposium on Actinomycetales Biology , Akademiai Kaido, Budapest, Hungary (1986), pp. 45-54). Pseudomonas plasmids are reviewed by John, J. F., et al. ( Rev. Infect. Dis. 8:693-704 (1986)), and Izaki, K. ( Jpn. J. Bacteriol. 33:729-742 (1978)).
  • Preferred eukaryotic plasmids include BPV, vaccinia, SV40, 2-micron circle, etc., or their derivatives.
  • Such plasmids are well known in the art (Botstein, D., et al., Miami Wntr. Symp. 19:265-274 (1982); Broach, J. R., In: The Molecular Biology of the Yeast Saccharomyces : Life Cycle and Inheritance, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., p. 445470 (1981); Broach, J. R., Cell 28:203-204 (1982); Bollon, D. P., et al., J. Clin. Hematol. Oncol. 10:3948 (1980); Maniatis, T., In: Cell Biology: A Comprehensive Treatise , Vol. 3, Gene sequence Expression, Academic Press, NY, pp. 563-608 (1980)).
  • the DNA construct(s) may be introduced into an appropriate host cell by any of a variety of suitable means: transformation, transfection, conjugation, protoplast fusion, electro-poration, calcium phosphate-precipitation, direct microinjection, etc.
  • recipient cells are grown in a selective medium, which selects for the growth of vector-containing cells.
  • Expression of the cloned gene sequence(s) results in the production of Jagged, or fragments thereof. This can take place in the transformed cells as such, or following the induction of these cells to differentiate (for example, by administration of bromodeoxyuracil to neuroblastoma cells or the like).
  • the Jagged proteins (or a functional derivatives thereof) of the present invention can be used in a variety of procedures and methods, such as for the generation of antibodies, for use in identifying pharmaceutical compositions, and for studying DNA/protein interaction.
  • the peptides of the present invention may also be administered to a mammal intravenously, intramuscularly, subcutaneously, enterally, topically or parenterally.
  • the administration may be by continuous injections, or by single or multiple injections.
  • the peptides are intended to be provided to a recipient mammal in a “pharmacologically or pharmaceutically acceptable form” in an amount sufficient to “therapeutically effective.”
  • a peptide is considered to be in “pharmaceutically or pharmacologically acceptable form” if its administration can be tolerated by a recipient patient.
  • An amount is said to be “therapeutically effective” (an “effective amount”) if the dosage, route of administration, etc., of the agent are sufficient to affect a response to Jagged.
  • the present peptides may be used to increase or enhance the effect of the Jagged protein.
  • methods for inhibiting, decreasing or preventing the activity of the Jagged peptide can be achieved by providing an agent capable of binding to the ligand (or a functional derivative thereof).
  • agents include, but are not limited to: antisense Jagged, the antibodies to Jagged (anti-Jagged), and the secondary or anti-peptide peptides of the present invention.
  • methods are presented for decreasing the expression of Jagged (or a functional derivative thereof by means of an anti-sense strand of cDNA to disrupt the translation of the Jagged message.
  • a cell is modified using routine procedures such that it expresses an antisense message, a message which is complementary to the pseudogene message.
  • an antisense message By constitutively or inducibly expressing the antisense RNA, the translation of the Jagged mRNA can be regulated.
  • Such antisense technology has been successfully applied to regulate the expression of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (see, Ding et al., J. Biol. Chem. 267 (1992)).
  • methods for stimulating, increasing or enhancing the activity of the Jagged peptide can be achieved by providing an agent capable of enhancing the binding capability or capacity of the ligand (or a functional derivative thereof), or by inhibiting or preventing a signal which would diminish or stop the expression of Jagged in the system.
  • agents include, but are not limited to, the anti-antisense Jagged peptides of the present invention.
  • Jagged (or a functional derivative or variant thereof) can be used to produce antibodies or hybridomas.
  • an antibody is desired that will bind to Jagged, such a ligand would be generated as described above and used as an immunogen.
  • the resulting antibodies are then screened for the ability to bind Jagged. Additionally, the antibody can be screened for its inability to bind Notch.
  • the antibodies utilized in the above methods can be monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies, as well fragments of these antibodies and humanized forms.
  • Humanized forms of the antibodies of the present invention may be generated using one of the procedures known in the art such as chimerization or CDR grafting.
  • an antibody capable of binding Jagged is generated by immunizing an animal with a synthetic polypeptide whose sequence is obtained from a region of the Jagged protein.
  • Any animal which is known to produce antibodies can be utilized to produce antibodies with the desired specificity, although because of the large size of the Jagged molecule, the rabbit is more preferred.
  • Methods for immunization are well known in the art. Such methods include subcutaneous or interperitoneal injection of the polypeptide.
  • One skilled in the art will recognize that the amount of polypeptide used for immunization will vary based on the animal which is immunized, the antigenicity of the polypeptide and the site of injection.
  • the polypeptide may be modified or administered in an adjuvant in order to increase the peptide antigenicity.
  • Methods of increasing the antigenicity of a polypeptide are well known in the art. Such procedures include coupling the antigen with a heterologous protein (such as globulin or ⁇ -galactosidase) or through the inclusion of an adjuvant during immunization.
  • a heterologous protein such as globulin or ⁇ -galactosidase
  • spleen cells from the immunized animals are removed, fused with myeloma cells, such as SP2/0-Ag14 myeloma cells, and allowed to become monoclonal antibody producing hybridoma cells.
  • myeloma cells such as SP2/0-Ag14 myeloma cells
  • a hybridoma is an immortalized cell line which is capable of secreting a specific monoclonal antibody.
  • any one of a number of methods well known in the art can be used to identify the hybridoma cell which produces an antibody with the desired characteristics. These include screening the hybridomas with an ELISA assay, western blot analysis, or radioimmunoassay Lutz et al., Exp. Cell Res. 175:109-124 (1988)).
  • Hybridomas secreting the desired antibodies are cloned and the class and subclass are determined using procedures known in the art (Campbell, A. M., Monoclonal Antibody Technology: Laboratory Techniques in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1984)).
  • antibody containing antisera is isolated from the immunized animal and is screened for the presence of antibodies with the desired specificity using one of the above-described procedures.
  • Incubating conditions vary. Incubating conditions depend on the format employed in the assay, the detection methods employed the nature of the test sample, and the type and nature of the antibody used in the assay.
  • any one of the commonly available immunological assay formats such as, radioimmunoassays, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, diffusion based Ouchterlony, or rocket immunofluorescent assays, or the like
  • Examples of such assays can be found in Chard, T. “ An Introduction to Radioimmunoassay and Related Techniques ” Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1986); Bullock, G. R.
  • the anti-Jagged antibody is also effective when immobilized on a solid support.
  • solid supports include, but are not limited to, plastics such as polycarbonate, complex carbohydrates such as agarose and sepharose, and acrylic resins, such as polyacrylarnide and latex beads.
  • Techniques for coupling antibodies to such solid supports are well known in the art (Weir, D. M. et al., “ Handbook of Experimental Immunology” 4th Ed., Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, England, Chapter 10 (1986), Jacoby, W. D. et al., Meth. Enzym. 34 Academic Press, N.Y. (1974).
  • Antibodies can be detectably labelled prior to use.
  • Antibodies can be detectably labelled through the use of radioisotopes, affinity labels (such as, biotin, avidin, etc.), enzymatic labels (such as, horse radish peroxidase, alkaline phosphatase, etc.) fluorescent labels (such as, FITC or rhodamine, etc.), paramagnetic atoms, etc. Procedures for accomplishing such labelling are well-known in the art, for example see Stemberger, L. A. et al., J. Histochem. Cytochem. 18:315 (1970), Bayer, E. A et al., Meth. Enzym.
  • the labeled antibodies of the present invention can be used for in vitro, in vivo, and in situ assays to identify cells or tissues which express a specific protein or ligand.
  • the antibodies are labeled, such that a signal is produced when the antibody(s) bind to the same molecule.
  • a signal is produced when the antibody(s) bind to the same molecule.
  • the antibodies or antisense peptides of the present invention may be administered to a mammal intravenously, intramuscularly, subcutaneously, enterally, topically or parenterally.
  • the administration may be by continuous injections, or by single or multiple injections.
  • the antibodies or antisense peptides of the present invention are intended to be provided to a recipient mammal in a “pharmaceutically acceptable form” in an amount sufficient to be “therapeutically effective” or an “effective amount”.
  • an amount is said to be therapeutically effective (an effective amount), if the dosage, route of administration, etc. of the agent are sufficient to affect the response to Jagged.
  • the present antibodies may either stimulate or enhance the effect of the Jagged protein, or they may inhibit or prevent the effect of the Jagged protein.
  • secondary antibody(s) may be designed to affect the response to the Jagged antibody(s) per se, i.e., an anti-antibody to Jagged.
  • either an antibody or an anti-antibody may be designed to affect only the anti-sense strand of the ligand.
  • an agent is said to be “rationally selected or designed” when the agent is chosen based on the configuration of the Jagged peptide.
  • Anti-peptide peptides can be generated in one of two fashions.
  • the anti-peptide peptides can be generated by replacing the basic amino acid residues found in the pseudogene peptide sequence with acidic residues, while maintaining hydrophobic and uncharged polar groups. For example, lysine, arginine, and/or histidine residues are replaced with aspartic acid or glutamic acid and glutamic acid residues are replaced by lysine, arginine or histidine.
  • the anti-peptide peptides of the present invention can be generated by synthesizing and expressing a peptide encoded by the antisense strand of the DNA which encodes the pseudogene peptide. Peptides produced in this fashion are, in general, similar to those described above since codons complementary to those coding for basic residues generally code for acidic residues.
  • labeling reagents may include, e.g., chromophobic, enzymatic, or antibody binding reagents which are capable of reacting with the labeled antibody.
  • labeling reagents may include, e.g., chromophobic, enzymatic, or antibody binding reagents which are capable of reacting with the labeled antibody.
  • An antibody is said to be in “pharmaceutically or pharmacologically acceptable form” if its administration can be tolerated by a recipient patient.
  • the antibodies of the present invention can be formulated according to known methods of preparing pharmaceutically useful compositions, whereby these materials, or their functional derivatives, are combined with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier vehicle. Suitable vehicles and their formulation, inclusive of other human proteins, e.g., human serum albumin, are described, for example, in Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1980).
  • compositions will contain an effective amount of an antibody of the present invention together with a suitable amount of carrier.
  • suitable carriers include, but are not limited to saline, buffered saline, dextrose, water, glycerol, ethanol, and a combination thereof.
  • the carrier composition may be sterile.
  • the formulation should suit the mode of administration.
  • the antibodies of the present invention may be supplied in humanized form.
  • Humanized antibodies may be produced, for example by replacing an immunogenic portion of an antibody with a corresponding, but non-immunogenic portion (i.e., chimeric antibodies) (Robinson et al., International Patent Publication PCT/US86/02269; Akira et al., European Patent Application 184,187; Taniguchi, M., European Patent Application 171,496; Morrison et al., European Patent Application 173,494; Neuberger, M. S. et al., PCT Application WO 86/01533; Cabilly et a., European Patent Application 125,023; Better et al., Science 240:1041-1043 (1988); Liu et al., Proc. Natl.
  • compositions of the present invention can also include minor amounts of wetting or emulsifying agents, or pH buffering agents.
  • the composition can be a liquid solution, suspension, emulsion, tablet, pill, capsule, sustained release formulation or powder.
  • the composition can be formulated as a suppository with traditional binders and carriers such as triglycerides.
  • Oral formulations can include standard carriers such as pharmaceutically acceptable mannitol, lactose, starch, magnesium stearate, sodium saccharine, cellulose, magnesium carbonate, etc.
  • the compositions are formulated in accordance with routine procedures for intravenous administration to a subject.
  • such compositions are carried in a sterile isotonic aqueous buffer.
  • a composition may include a solubilizing agent and a local anesthetic.
  • the components are supplied separately or as a mixture in unit dosage form, such as a dry lyophilized powder in a sealed container with an indication of active agent.
  • the composition is administered by infusion, it may be provided with an infusion container with a sterile pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • an ampoule of sterile water or buffer may be included to be mixed prior to injection.
  • compositions may also be formulated in salt form.
  • Pharmaceutically acceptable salts include those formed with free amino groups, such as those derived from hydrochloric, phosphoric, acetic, oxalic and tartaric acids, or formed with free carboxyl groups such as those derived from sodium, potassium, ammonium, calcium, ferric hydroxides. isopropylamine, triethylamine, 2-ethylamino ethanol, histidine, procaine, etc.
  • an agent capable of binding to a defined structure (Hodgson, Biotechnology 8:1245-1247 (1990)), Hodgson, Biotechnology 9:609-613 (1991)).
  • an agent is said to be “rationally designed” if it is selected based on a computer model of the ligand or Notch binding site, or in the alternative, of the ligand binding site on Jagged if activation of the Notch binding site is found to act as an on/off switch affecting the continued expression of Jagged.
  • methods for modulating the translation of RNA encoding Jagged protein in the cell.
  • said method comprises introducing into a cell a DNA sequence which is capable of transcribing RNA which is complimentary to the RNA encoding the Jagged protein.
  • antisense RNA will be produced which will hybridize and block the translation of the Jagged protein.
  • Antisense cloning has been described by Rosenberg et al., Nature 313:703-706 (1985), Preiss et al., Nature 313:27-32 (1985), Melton, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 82:144-148 (1985) and Kim et al., Cell 42:129-138 (1985).
  • a cell or organism is altered using routine methods such that it expresses Jagged, or a functional derivative thereof Moreover, the cell or organism may be further altered to contain a RE operably linked to a reporter sequence, such as luciferase, beta galactosidase, or chloramphenicol acyltransferase. Agents are then incubated with the cell or organism and the expression of the reporter sequence is assayed.
  • a reporter sequence such as luciferase, beta galactosidase, or chloramphenicol acyltransferase.
  • nuclear and/or cytosolic extracts from the altered cell containing Jagged or a functional derivative thereof are mixed with an expression module containing an RE operably linked to a reporter sequence.
  • the extract/expression module is incubated with an agent and the expression of the reporter sequence is assayed.
  • the present invention further provides methods of regulating gene expression in a cell.
  • a cell can be altered such that it contains a DNA sequence operably linked to an RE.
  • the cell can be altered to control the expression of Jagged. permitting one skilled in the art to generate a cell which expresses a given sequence in response to a particular agent.
  • the subjects treated in accordance with the present invention include any vertebrate organism; more preferably any mammal; most preferably a human.
  • the only limiting factor is that the organism endogenously produces Notch and/or the toporythmic genes which modulate binding to Notch.
  • the present invention provides methods and compositions which affect a number of physiologic and pathologic conditions, including placental development, wound healing, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetic retinopathy and solid tumor growth and metastasis and motor neuron disorders.
  • the referenced wound healing includes healing of any injury or lesion in the skin, tissue, vasculature, or nervous system of the subject, and includes cell migration and differentiation of cells comprising the mesoderm, endoderm, ectoderm and/or neuroderm.
  • the wound or injury can be the result of surgery, trauma, and/or disease or condition.
  • Such disease and/or conditions include ischemic lesions resulting from a lack of oxygen to the cell or tissue, e.g., cerebral or cardiac infarction or ischemia, malignant lesions, infectious lesions, e.g., abscess, degenerative lesions, lesions related to nutritional disorders, neurological lesions associated with systemic diseases, e.g., diabetic neuropathy and retinopathy, systemic lupus erythematosus, carcinoma or sarcoidosis, and lesions caused by toxins, e.g., alcohol, lead, etc.
  • ischemic lesions resulting from a lack of oxygen to the cell or tissue e.g., cerebral or cardiac infarction or ischemia
  • malignant lesions e.g., infectious lesions, e.g., abscess, degenerative lesions, lesions related to nutritional disorders
  • neurological lesions associated with systemic diseases e.g., diabetic neuropathy and retinopathy, systemic lupus erythemato
  • Motor neuron disorders may include, e.g., amylotrophic lateral sclerosis, progressive spinal muscular atrophy, progressive bulbar palsy, primary lateral sclerosis, infantile and juvenile muscular atrophy, progressive bulbar paralysis of childhood (Fazio-Londe syndrome), poliomyelitis and the post polio syndrome, and hereditary Motorsensory Neuropathy (Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease).
  • restriction enzymes In the following examples and protocols, restriction enzymes, ligase, labels, and all commercially available reagents were utilized in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations.
  • the cell and molecular methods utilized in this application are established in the art and will not be described in detail.
  • standard methods and techniques for cloning, isolation, purification, labeling, and the like, as well as the preparation of standard reagents were performed essentially in accordance with Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, second edition , edited by Sambrook, Fritsch & Maniatis, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1989, and the revised third edition thereof, or as set forth in the literature references cited and incorporated herein. Methodologic details may be readily derived from the cited publications.
  • Endothelial cells plated on fibrin organize into three dimensional tubular structures in vitro (Olander et al., J. Cell. Physiol. 125:1-9 (1985)), and this organizational behavior requires transcriptional responses (Zimrin et al., 1995).
  • cDNA clones were obtained that were differentially expressed by HUVECs in response to fibrin. Briefly, total RNA was isolated from HUVEC plated on fibrin in the presence of crude FGF-1 at 0, 2, 5 and 24 hours and subjected to the modified differential mRNA display.
  • D9 isolated from HUVEC populations exposed to fibrin, which was found to have increased at the 2 hour time-point, was cloned and sequenced. A search of the GenBank database in 1994 demonstrated that the D9 sequence was novel.
  • the D9 clone (SEQ ID NO:2) was used as a probe to screen a lambda cDNA library prepared from mRNA obtained from HUVECs exposed to fibrin gels for 1, 3 and 5 hours. Ten isolates were recovered that contained the D9 sequence, two of which appeared, by restriction enzyme analysis, to be splicedvariants of the remaining eight. Sequence analysis of the clones revealed that they overlapped to form a contiguous sequence of 5454 base pairs (bp) in length, set forth as SEQ ID NO:1.
  • a second search of the Genebank database in 1995 revealed that the D9 clone was very homologous to the cDNA sequence coding for the rat Jagged gene (Lindsell et al., 1995), a ligand for the Notch receptor.
  • Computer analysis revealed an 87% identity at the nucleotide level and a 95% identity at the amino acid level.
  • the Jagged protein contains a putative signal sequence, a DSL domain which describes a consensus region present in other Notch ligands (Delta, Serrate, Lag-2 and Apx-1), an EGF-like repeat domain containing 16 EGF repeats, a cys-rich domain, a transmembrane domain, and a 125 residue cytosol domain. This structure is represented in FIG. 2 .
  • clone D9 represents the human homolog of the rat Jagged cDNA.
  • Two additional Jagged clones were also obtained each containing identical deletions.
  • the first was 89 bp in length, and was located in the middle of the cys-rich region.
  • the second occurred 366 bp downstream from the first region, and was 1307 bp in length.
  • the first deletion predicts a frame-shift in the translation product, resulting in a unique 15 amino acid sequence followed by a premature termination of the protein, effectively deleting the transmembrane and cytosol domain from the Jagged structure.
  • oligonucleotide primers were designed based upon the published sequence for the human Tan-1 transcript (Notch-1) and the human Notch group protein transcript (Notch-2), as well as for the human Jagged transcript.
  • Total RNA was obtained using standard protocols. The differential display was performed as previously described by Folkman and Haudenschild, Nature 288:551-556 (1980). Briefly, 1 ⁇ g of total RNA was reverse transcribed with 200U M-MLV reverse transcriptase (BRL) in the presence of 2 ⁇ M of the 3′ primer (5′-GCGCAAGCT 12 CG-3′) (SEQ ID NO:3) and 100 ⁇ M dNTP for 70 minutes at 37° C. The cDNA was amplified in the presence of 32 P) dATP (Amersham) using the same 3′ primer and a 5′ primer with the sequence 5′-GAGACCGTGAAGATACTT-3′ (SEQ ID NO:4) and the following parameters: 94° C.
  • BRL M-MLV reverse transcriptase
  • the resulting cDNA species were separated using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, the gel was dried and exposed to radiographic film, and the band of interest was cut out of the gel and eluted.
  • the cDNA was amplified using the same primers and cloned into a TA vector (Invitrogen).
  • the clone was used to screen a cDNA library made in the ZAP Express vector (Stratagene) using RNA isolated from HUVEC plated on fibrin in the presence of crude FGF-1 for 1, 3, 5, 8 and 24 hours to analyze the steady-state levels of the transcripts for Jagged, Notch 1, Notch 2, and GAPDH. See, Garfinkel et al., submitted J. Cell Biol. 1996.
  • the overlapping cDNA clones obtained were sequenced using an ABI DNA synthesizer and assembled with the DNASTAR program. RT-PCR analysis was performed as described using the following primers:
  • GAPDH sense 5′-CCACCCATGGCAAATTC-CATGGCA-3′; (SEQID NO:11)
  • the steady state levels of the Notch-1 and Notch-2 transcripts were not altered in HUVEC populations exposed to fibrin.
  • the HUVEC Jagged transcript was induced after three hours exposure to fibrin after which time the steady state levels of the Jagged transcript decreased (FIG. 5 ).
  • the ⁇ -Jagged oligomer contained the Kozak sequence, the ATG translation start site and extended three codons into the open-reading frame. Similar ⁇ -oligomers have proven useful in a wide variety of cellular systems to repress the translation of specific transcripts, including the human endothelial cell (Maier et al., 1990b; Garfinkel et al., J. Biol. Chem. 267:24375-24378 (1992)).
  • the controls for the ⁇ -Jagged oligomer included the sense counterpart, a 3′-antisense oligomer and a mutated 5′ antisense oligomer.
  • Bovine microvascular endothelial cells were plated onto a collagen gel, grown to confluence in the presence or absence of varied concentrations of the ⁇ -Jagged oligomer.
  • FGF-2 (10 ng/ml) was added at confluence (Montesano et al., 1986), and the length of microvessels (sprouts formed as a result of cellular invasion into the collagen gel) was measured (Pepper et al., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 189:824-831 (1992)).
  • FIG. 6 exposure to the ⁇ -Jagged oligomer resulted in an increase BMEC sprout length in a concentration dependent manner above the level achieved by FGF-2.
  • VEGF vascular endothelial cell growth factor
  • BMEC bovine microvascular endothelial cells
  • BMEC and BAEC were grown to confluence in serum-containing media containing 0, 1.25, 2.5, 5 and 6.25 uM jagged antisense oligonucleotide.
  • the monolayers were wounded by scraping them with a razor blade and cellular debris was removed by washing the plates twice with phosphate buffered saline.
  • the cells were incubated for a further 22 hours at 37° C. to confluence, then fixed in 25% acetic acid, 75% methanol and stained with hematoxylin (Sigma).
  • the number of cells migrating from the wound origin were counted to determine the ability of the BMEC population to migrate into the denuded area. The count was made using a light microscope with a grid at 100 ⁇ magnification. The data represent a mean of multiple experiments done in duplicate, with five microscopic fields counted for each point.
  • FIG. 7A the presence of the ⁇ -Jagged oligomer resulted in an increase in the number of cells migrating into the denuded area with an approximate 80% increase mediated by 5 ⁇ M ⁇ -Jagged oligomer.
  • FIG. 7A agree with the BMEC data obtained from the sprout assay in which 2 ⁇ M ⁇ -Jagged oligomer yielded an approximate 100% increase in BMEC sprout length (FIG. 6 ).
  • an interruption in the Jagged-Notch signaling pathway resulted in an increase in BMEC migration, a major immediate-early component of sprout formation in vitro.
  • BAEC bovine aorta endothelial cells
  • Synthetic peptides are prepared as multiple antigen peptides (MAP) using fmoc MAP resins from Applied Biosystems.
  • Notch-1 antibodies are also prepared using sequence from the extracellular LNG domain and intracellular ankyrin repeat domain for MAP synthesis.
  • the first method utilizes hybrid selection, using an immobilized Jagged oligomer to capture the Jagged transcript from HUVEC populations, followed by ( 35 S)-met/cys translation of the Jagged transcript in the rabbit reticulocyte system in the absence and presence of varied amounts of the ⁇ -Jagged oligomer.
  • Immunoprecipitation of the Jagged protein followed by SDS-PAGE autoradiography establishes the ability of the ⁇ -Jagged oligomer to repress Jagged translation in vitro.
  • the second method utilizes HUVEC populations metabolically labeled with ( 35 S) -met/cys for Jagged immunoprecipitation from cells exposed to fibrin for 0, 1, 2 and 3 hours.
  • Immunoprecipitation of the Jagged protein from the fibrin-induced HUVEC population followed by SDS-PAGE autoradiography permits a comparative assessment of whether pretreatment of the cells with the ⁇ -Jagged oligomer represses the level of the Jagged protein as a cell-associated polypeptide.
  • the success of these strategies is based upon the fact that the Jagged protein sequence is rich in cys residues, and as a result is metabolically labeled to a high specific activity.
  • an accurate molecular weight is assigned to the Jagged protein since competition with synthetic peptide, pre-immune serum, as well as denatured ⁇ -Jagged antiserum, are used as controls to define the specificity of band assignment. Since the predicted Jagged translation product contains 1197 amino acids, the molecular weight is in the 135 to 145 kDa range.
  • the disparate migratory behavior of the BMEC and BAEC populations is confirmed using stable ⁇ -Jagged transfectants. Since bovine cells are more amenable than HUVEC populations to gene transfer methods, the pMEXneo vector (Martin-Zanca et al., Mol. Cell. Biol. 9:24-33 (1989)) is used to select for stable BMEC and BAEC ⁇ -Jagged transfectants as previously described (Zhan et al., 1992). Stable clones are obtained using G418 resistance to quantify the migratory potential of these cells relative to insert-less vector control transfectants.
  • the wound-induced migration assay (Example 6; FIG. 7) is useful to demonstrate that the serum-induced migration potential of the BMEC ⁇ -Jagged transfectants is increased, and the serum-induced migration potential of the BAEC ⁇ -Jagged transfectants is decreased.
  • this strategy permits an assessment of the migratory responsiveness of additional bovine endothelial cells obtained from alternative anatomic sites, including the portal vein, saphenous artery and vein, and adipose-derived microvascular endothelial cells.
  • the ability of these cells to induce steady-state levels of Jagged and Notch receptor transcripts in response to fibrin is also evaluated by RT-PCR analysis as in Example 3 (FIG. 5 ).
  • a nuclear run-on analysis of BMEC and BAEC populations, as well as a kinetic analysis of the presence of the Jagged transcript in actinomycin D- and cycloheximide-treated cells in response to fibrin, is employed to determine whether the induction of the Jagged transcript is due to a transcriptional regulatory event and whether Jagged transcript stability is involved in the fibrin response.
  • This analysis is analogous to a previous study on the post-transcriptional regulation of IL-1a in HUVEC populations by Garfinkel et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91:1559-1563 (1994).
  • Nuclear run-on analysis is performed by incubating nuclei obtained from either BMEC or BAEC populations exposed to fibrin for 0, 1, 3 and 6 hours with 100 ⁇ Ci of ( 32 P)-UTP for 30 minutes. This is followed by the isolation of nascent RNA transcripts, and slot blot analysis using 5 ⁇ g of the linearized, denatured and immobilized Jagged cDNA and hybridization at high stringency with the labeled RNA. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is used as a positive control, and densitometric values are normalized to the GAPDH signal. Although the level of the Jagged transcript may be difficult to predict, a Jagged signal should be visible. Testing the ⁇ -Jagged oligomer at varied levels permits a determination of the ability, if any, of the ⁇ -Jagged oligomer to access the transcriptional machinery in this system.
  • Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase G
  • HUVEC HU artery
  • human cells obtained from other anatomic sites, including, e.g., human adipose-derived microvascular endothelial cells (HMEC), human dermis-derived capillary endothelial cells (HCEC) and human saphenous vein (HSVEC) and artery (HSAEC), available from commercial and academic sources.
  • HMEC human adipose-derived microvascular endothelial cells
  • HCEC human dermis-derived capillary endothelial cells
  • HSAEC human saphenous vein
  • the addition of the ⁇ -Jagged oligomer to these populations of human endothelial cells will be similar to that described in the protocols involving bovine endothelial cell populations.
  • the ability of the ⁇ -Jagged oligomer to modulate sprout formation of human capillary, artery and vein endothelial cells is assessed using the collagen invasion assay described in FIG. 6, and the migration wound assay described in FIG. 7 supplemented with a Boyden chamber chemotaxis assay as previously described (Terranova et al., 1985).
  • edg genes such as the G-protein-coupled orphan receptor, edg-1 (Hla and Maciag, 1990b), the transcription factor, edg-2 (Hla et al., Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1260:227-229 (1995)), cyclooxygenase-2 (cox-2) (Hla and Neilson, Proc. Natl. Acad Sci. USA 89:7384-7388 (1992)), and tissue collagenase, among others (Hla and Maciag, 1990a).
  • edg genes such as the G-protein-coupled orphan receptor, edg-1 (Hla and Maciag, 1990b), the transcription factor, edg-2 (Hla et al., Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1260:227-229 (1995)), cyclooxygenase-2 (cox-2) (Hla and Neilson, Proc. Natl. Acad Sci. USA 89:7384-73
  • the addition of the Jagged protein to these systems will have the opposite effect—inhibiting capillary endothelial cell migration and sprout formation and promoting large vessel-derived endothelial cell migration in vitro.
  • two approaches may be used to evaluate this premise. The first involves the expression and purification of the Jagged polypeptide as a recombinant protein, and the second involves the expression of an extracellular and soluble Jagged construct.
  • Jagged sequence does not contain any recognizable post-translational modification motif in the extracellular domain of the protein, such as N-glycosylation, it is possible that a subtle modification of the Jagged protein will affect the activity of Jagged as a Notch ligand.
  • the recombinant Jagged protein it is possible to assess its ability to signal through the Notch-1 receptor using a rat myoblast system. Since it has been demonstrated that the rat myoblast cell line, C2C12, transfected with the Notch-1 cDNA will not form myotubes when co-cultured with a lethally irradiated population of murine fibroblast transfected with the rat Jagged cDNA (Lindsell et al., 1995), it is assumed that the parental C2C12 is. a Notch-1-deficient cell line. Therefore, the C2C12 cell represents a model cell type to assess the biological function of recombinant Jagged.
  • C2C12 cells are transfected with the full length rat Notch-1 and Notch-2 cDNA containing tandem copies of the influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) epitope and stable transfectants obtained as described (Zhan et al., 1992).
  • the expression of the Notch-1 and Notch-2 receptor transcripts is monitored by RT-PCR and Northern blot analysis and the protein levels assessed by immunoprecipitation/Western blot analysis of the HA epitope.
  • the addition of the recombinant Jagged ligand (1 ng to 10 ⁇ g titration) permits the Notch-1 and Notch-2 C2C12 cell transfectants to repress myotube formation, as assessed by morphologic criteria as well as by the repression of the steady-state levels of the myogenin transcript.
  • These data also define the specific activity of the recombinant Jagged protein for stability studies (temperature, pH, ionic strength as a function of time).
  • An appropriate positive control for these experiments is a population of lethally-irradiated NIH 3T3 cells transfected with the full-length Jagged cDNA to the Notch-1 and Notch-2 C2C12 cell transfectants, insuring the attenuation of myotube formation.
  • Jagged protein After the specific activity of the soluble Jagged protein is established, it will be possible to assess the ability of the Jagged ligand in a concentration dependent matter to inhibit microvessel endothelial cell migration, chemotaxis and sprout formation in vitro, as in FIGS. 5 and 6. Effective levels of Jagged protein, similar to those previously functional in the C2C12 cell Notch-1 transfectants, are expected to also be functional in the human and bovine microvascular endothelial cell systems. A comparable evaluation involves a determination of the function of the Jagged protein as an inducer of large vessel-derived human and bovine endothelial cell migration, chemotaxis, and sprout formation. A concentration-dependent response is indicated.
  • the co-culture of the large and small vessel-derived endothelial cells with lethally irradiated NIH 3T3 cell Jagged transfectants and insert-less vector transfectants provides a suitable control to demonstrate the disparate role of Jagged-Notch signaling in the regulation of endothelial cell migration.
  • Plating HUVEC on fibrin has been selected to meet the need for such an in vivo system. It has proven to mimic in vivo, in a reproducible fashion, the in vitro system we used initially to induce and isolate the human Jagged cDNA.
  • the in vivo system involves the subtotal occlusion of a large vessel, such as a carotid or iliac artery with a thrombus, producing an intimal injury. This is typically followed within two days, by migration of endothelial cells into the three-dimensional platelet/fibrin scaffold tube formation. After approximately 4 weeks the system characteristically displays tube perfusion, recruitment of pericytes, and selection of preferred channels with downsizing of minor vessels.
  • stromal cells appear as well, contributing to the unique extracellular matrix of this tissue, and making this natural, in vivo system (involving revascularization of an experimental thrombus) ideal for demonstrating the role of Jagged and its receptor(s) in two of the early steps of angiogenesis.
  • Endothelial migration and tube formation can be separated in time (at 2, 4, 6, 8 days after thrombosis), as well as in space.
  • the migrating cells are primarily located in the central region of the thrombus, whereas the peripheral cells have already formed tubes, as indicated by the appearance of junctions and, almost concomitantly, the arrival of circulating red blood cells.
  • the antibodies developed for use in this experimental system were designed for use with known immunoperoxidase or immunofluorescence techniques to localize endogenous Jagged and Notch (Nabel et al., 1993).
  • an advantage of using this in vivo system is that the experimentally-induced thrombus can be seeded with genetically modified cells, ⁇ -Jagged oligomer, or soluble Jagged protein as described above for the in vitro approach, to influence two distinct phases of the angiogenic cascade in a controlled fashion.
  • endothelial cells The source of these endothelial cells is from large vessels, but they behave like capillaries when they migrate and form tubes, until some, but not all, will recruit pericytes and smooth muscle cells and assume the appearance and function of large vessels again.
  • this revascularization process is critical, since successful recanalization of occluding thrombi is highly beneficial to the patient, but its regulation has been poorly understood.
  • the proliferative cell nuclear antigen is usefull to evaluate the relative contribution of proliferation to the total number of cells that populate the thrombus.
  • the reporter gene is used to recognize and count these components within the system.
  • Quantification of the functional vascular lumina in a cross-section after 2 and 4 weeks provides additional insight into the relationship between tube formation and the processes of endothelial migration and proliferation during angiogenesis. This comprises a statistical comparison of the number of individual lumina, grid point counts, and area measurements in perfused vessels.
  • the Jagged/Notch interaction which initiates tube formation from large vessel endothelial cells in vitro, may prove to be a stop signal for migration and proliferation of the microvasculature.
  • the endothelial cell site-specific effect of the Jagged-Notch system may also be responsible for the control and coordination of the migration/proliferation/tube formation sequence that ultimately leads to the formation of a new vessel.
  • This can be shown in vivo in a revascularized thrombus murine model system, in which it is possible to deliberately exaggerate or compete with each of the components at the molecular level and at any time point within the process.
  • the kinetics of the Jagged/Notch interaction may also be assessable by seeding the thrombus at a later time point with soluble Jagged transfectants.
  • a therapeutically-effective amount of soluble Jagged ligand is administered intravenously to mice and/or rats prior to and/or following thrombosis or balloon injury.
  • a thrombotic occlusion in a mouse is seeded with an effective amount of lethally irradiated NIH 3T3 cell soluble Jagged:myc transfectants.
  • a distal site is seeded with an effective amount of lethally irradiated NIH 3T3 cell soluble Jagged:myc transfectants onto a subcutaneous fibrin matrix implant, which has been pretreated with lethally irradiated NIH 3T3 cells transfected with a hst-sp-FGF-1 construct using the nude mouse (Forough et al., J. Biol. Chem. 268:2960-2968 (1993)).
  • the NIH 3T3 cell soluble Jagged:myc transfectants (10 6 -10 7 cells) are injected into the angiogenic site, enabling the cells to express and secrete the soluble Jagged protein into the vasculature.
  • the levels of plasma-derived Jagged (tail vein samples) are monitored by ELISA using the myc-epitope and Jagged antibodies.
  • the rats are then assessed over time (e.g., 1 to 10 days at 2 day intervals) for re-endothelialization of the denuded artery using Evan's blue staining.
  • the degree of angiogenesis in the occlusion zone in the murine vessels is assessed using morphometric analysis of individual endothelial cells and of the fully developed capillary vessels in histological sections. Indeed, analysis by transmission electron microscopy will clearly demonstrate the involvement of endothelial cell migration and sprout formation in this system.
  • the assessment of the pharmacologic administration of intravenous soluble Jagged in the first method is based upon a similar end point, but utilizes a sufficient amount of recombinant Jagged to saturate both the Notch-1 and Notch-2 receptor Jagged-binding sites.
  • the number and affinity of Jagged-binding sites on the surface of the murine endothelial cell are quantified in vitro by Scatchard analysis of murine aorta-derived endothelial cells and adipose-derivide microvascular endothelial cells using competitive ( 125 I)-Jagged binding by the method described for FGF-1 (Schreiber et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 82:6138-6142 (1985)).
  • these models should provide an in vivo correlate and in vivo models for Jagged function, demonstrating a predicted increase (25%-35%) in lumen re-endothelialization, and a similar decrease in the formation of capillary structures.
  • SHR spontaneously hypertensive rat counterparts
  • aortic re-endothelialization experiments can be repeated in these rats without modification and with hypertension as the only added variable, however, the thrombus revascularization experiments must also be performed in these rats, since there is no comparable murine hypertension model available.
  • the thrombi have been shown to be readily reproducible in mice, rats and rabbits. Thus, species differences do not pose a technical problem in the in vivo model systems.
  • Jagged To determine the effects of a secreted, extracellular form of Jagged, a modified form of the Jagged gene was synthesized, transfected into the NIH 3T3 cell line, and then to select for those cells producing the protein. To track and monitor the fate of this Jagged molecule, a myc tag (reviewed by Kolodziej and Young, Methods in Enzyniology 194:508-519 (1991)) was also introduced at the 3′ end of the gene. In order to do this, several modifications of the jagged gene were necessary, these are; (1) a Kozak sequence (Kozak, J. Cell Biol.
  • the primer pair used for this construction were:
  • Anti-sense 5′ end CAAGTTCCCCCGTTGAGACA (SEQ ID NO:14)
  • the 5′ reaction was digested with EcoR1 and Bg1II, the 3′ reaction was digested with Xho1 and Acc 1 site . These were ligated via standard protocol into a similarly digested Jagged template.
  • the final gene product was then digested with EcoR1 and Xho1 and ligated into the eukaryotic expression vector pMexNeo2. This was then transfected into the NIH 3T3 cell line and cells grown in selection media containing G418 (as previously described).
  • 38-1.1 cells showed a unique phenotype. They grossly formed cord-like structures in vitro correlating with the presence of pseudo-lumens by ultrastructure analysis. In addition, they were able to induce wild type NIH to partially assume this phenotype. As such, 38-1.1 would be an outstanding resource both for the production and isolation of the soluble Jagged (sol-jag) protein, and also for its ability to modulate the differentiation pattern of adjacent cells.

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